Wildlife
Mountain sucker
Catostomus platyrhyncus
Habitat
Yellowstone River
Conservation
Apparently secure
Briefly described by Clark from the Yellowstone. Widespread in small western streams. Sometimes used as bait.
Journal References
5 journal entries mention Mountain sucker
Oct
16
1804
Lewis: October 16, 1804
...y took a small bird alive of the order of the ____ or
goat suckers. it appeared to be passing into the dormant state. on the
morning of the 18th the murcury was at ...
Jun
30
1805
Lewis: June 30, 1805
...r killed two today. There are a number
of large bat or goatsucker here I killed one of them and found that there
was no difference between them and those common to ...
Jul
18
1805
Lewis: July 18, 1805
... the seed have not yet arrived at maturity it is puting up
suckers or young shoots from the same root and would seem therefore that
those which are fully grown and ...
May
11
1806
Clark: May 11, 1806
...ur
Country it is formed thus with those nets they take the Suckers and also
the Salmon trout and I am told the Salmon also.
Aug
4
1806
Lewis: August 4, 1806
...rst time this
season I heard the small whippoorwill or goatsucker of the Missouri cry.
Colter and Collins have not yet overtaken us. Ordway and Willard delayed
so ...